Renesas Electronics

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Renesas Electronics Corporation

Native name	ルネサス エレクトロニクス株式会社
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 6723 Nikkei 225 component
Industry	Semiconductor
Predecessor	NEC Electronics Renesas Technology (chip units of Hitachi and Mitsubishi)
Founded	April 2010; 15 years ago (2010-04)
Headquarters	Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Hidetoshi Shibata (president and CEO)[1]
Revenue	¥1.35 trillion (2024)[2]
Operating income	¥0.40 trillion (2024)[2]
Net income	¥0.36 trillion (2024)[2]
Total assets	¥4.49 trillion (2024)[2]
Total equity	¥2.54 trillion (2024)[2]
Number of employees	22,711 (2024)[3]
Website	renesas.com

Renesas Electronics Corporation (Japanese: ルネサス エレクトロニクス株式会社, Hepburn: Runesasu Erekutoronikusu Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo. The name "Renesas" is a contraction of "Renaissance Semiconductor for Advanced Solutions." The company was established in 2002 as Renesas Technology through the merger of the semiconductor divisions of Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric, excluding their DRAM businesses.^[4] In 2010, Renesas Technology merged with NEC Electronics to form the current company and adopting its present name.^[5]

Renesas was among the world's six largest semiconductor companies during the 2000s and early 2010s.^[6] As of 2023, it ranked 16th globally in semiconductor sales and second in Japan. In 2024, it ranked second in the automotive microcontroller (MCU) market behind Infineon Technologies, and third in the overall MCU market behind NXP Semiconductors and Infineon.